ZAGREB, Oct 27 (Hina) - After Croatian vice premier Zeljka Antunovic pledged to solve the problem of differences in the salaries of people employed in the private sector within a month, the union of secondary school professors ended
its protest Friday. Croatia's school union "Preporod" rallied Friday against professors in secondary schools having lower salaries than teachers in primary schools. The union asked the government to secure eight and a half million kuna (almost a million dollars) for the levelling of salaries and retroactive payment of the difference. The union president, Vinko Filipovic, supported the Government's decision to make an analysis of salaries in the public sector, but expressed doubt it would succeed in the plan by November 19. Antunovic agreed there was a possibility the task would not be finished by that date, but she stressed the work was being done intensively and an adequate solution would be
ZAGREB, Oct 27 (Hina) - After Croatian vice premier Zeljka
Antunovic pledged to solve the problem of differences in the
salaries of people employed in the private sector within a month,
the union of secondary school professors ended its protest Friday.
Croatia's school union "Preporod" rallied Friday against
professors in secondary schools having lower salaries than
teachers in primary schools.
The union asked the government to secure eight and a half million
kuna (almost a million dollars) for the levelling of salaries and
retroactive payment of the difference.
The union president, Vinko Filipovic, supported the Government's
decision to make an analysis of salaries in the public sector, but
expressed doubt it would succeed in the plan by November 19.
Antunovic agreed there was a possibility the task would not be
finished by that date, but she stressed the work was being done
intensively and an adequate solution would be found.
While waiting to be received by the prime minister or vice premier,
the protesters went for talks with the deputy chairman of the
parliament's committee for education, science and culture, Ivan
Cehok.
Endorsing their requests, Cehok and members of the committee
promised they would follow the course of negotiations with the
Government, and should an adequate solution not be found, they
would call a parliament session on the subject.
Protesters stopped the rally after the talks in the parliament and
the government.
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